§ Mr. Ivan HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding per pupil was spent in the Harwich constituency in each year since 1997. [184997]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas rather than constituency level. The figures provided are for Essex LEA and are shown in the following table.
Net current expenditure (after recharges) per pupil—Cash terms Total 1997–98 2,410 1998–99 2,640 1999–00 2,650 2000–01 2,880 2001–02 3,200 2002–03 3,410 Notes: The financial data are taken from Essex LEAs' Section 52 Outturn Statement submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously. 2002–03 data are subject to change by the LEA. Section 52 is collected at local authority level, not constituency level, so the figures provided are for Essex LEA. 1997–98 figures are for Essex LEA prior to local government reorganisation. From 1998–99 onwards parts of Essex LEA became Southend and Thurrock LEAs. 1999–2000 figures reflect the return of GM schools to local authority maintenance. The outturn 2002–03 tables captured the data in a fundamentally different way to the previous years. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector. This change in calculation is identified by the use of italics. The 2002–03 figure is calculated by taking all the LEA expenditure, excluding CERA and Youth and Community, and dividing it by the FTE pupil numbers in maintained pre-primary, primary, secondary and special schools. 3. The figures shown are calculated by dividing the LEA expenditure by the number of pupils in maintained establishments, Essex has a large proportion of its pre-primary pupils educated outside mainstream establishments. If these are taken into account then the unit cost in 2001–02 reduces to approximately £3,110 and in 2002–03 to £3,300. Net current expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEA. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.